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Published by Nation Books (2013)
Reviewed by Nick Basciano
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This week, Ben welcomed three truly remarkable additions to Lawfare: Orin Kerr, Gabriella Blum, and Ingrid Wuerth.
Public scrutiny of espionage continued as the digital transformation of a once cloak-a...
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OK. It’s a bit self-congratulatory. But still, it was pretty neat. I’m attending the ABA Annual Review of National Security Law. Today’s first panel had on it BG Richard Gross who is the Chief Legal ...
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We at Lawfare aim to please---that is, to provide useful stuff for folks who work on, report on, study, or simply care about tough issues at the intersection of national security and law. That mission h...
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Ike Skelton, defense policy expert and former Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has died.
Today is the re-scheduled House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on NSA surveill...
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This week, the uglier side of the U.S. targeted killing program received a few careful reviews: Ritika noted the release of two reports on drone strikes, one by Amnesty International and another by Human...
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With reports released this week critical of US drone strikes and targeted killing from Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and UN Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson, this seems like a good moment to ...
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There are two weeks left to apply for the Lawfare internship for Spring 2014. We are looking for an undergraduate or a recent graduate, and will be accepting applications until November 1, 2013. The deta...
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The world was consumed with the debt ceiling crisis and the shutdown this week, a topic on which Lawfare had only a limited amount to say. Ben stated the obvious: that the government shutdown is a nation...
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This week was pledge drive on Washington's major NPR affiliate: WAMU. If you're like me, NPR pledge week involves a certain disruption in daily schedule. NPR is one of my major news sources. But I tend t...
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Although the Federal Aviation Administration has been tasked by Congress to come up with regulations for the use of drones in domestic airspace, it is running late on that mandate. Even small, light mo...
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Don't forget to register for this year's event, scheduled for October 31-November 1 at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington.
Here are all the details, including the agenda and list of speakers.
23rd Annual Re...
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Ashley Deeks (UVA and Lawfare) has posted a book chapter to SSRN, "Domestic Humanitarian Law: Developing the Law of War in Domestic Courts," which will appear in D. Jinks, J. Maogoto, S. Solomon (eds.), ...
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UVA's (and Lawfare's own) Ashley Deeks has posted a new article to SSRN, "The Observer Effect: National Security Litigation, Policy Changes, and Judicial Deference," forthcoming (November 2013) in Fordha...
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The big news heading into this week was that the U.S. conducted two nearly-simultaneous raids in Africa.
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We are, once again, looking for an undergraduate or a recent graduate to intern with us. We will be accepting applications until November 1, 2013.
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Details are still emerging on the two terror raids conducted by American commandos this weekend, giving the media plenty to compare and contrast. Peter Baker and David Sanger of the New York Times charac...
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It was a prolific week for Lawfare.
This week we launched a new project with The New Republic, called Security States.
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Despite the government shutdown, the Senate Judiciary Committee is moving forward with its planned hearing on FISA.
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The government may be shut down, but as Paul noted earlier, Security States---our new project with the New Republic---is open for business.
We will make a practice, as Paul did this morning, of linking ...